Plus an Italian chef's top tips for making it perrrfect.

I think we can all safely say that lasagna is the bee's knees, especially when it's bloody freezing outside and you haven't got around to buying that heater you desperately need.

However, making good homemade lasagna isn't always easy. Most of the time the store-bought pasta sheets result in a dry, uneven bake and often we don't know the best way to layer all the ingredients.

To help you make the best lasagna ever, Francesco Balestrieri -- Italian-born chef at Joe's Bar -- has shared his classic recipe, as well as tips on how to best assemble it.

"I started making lasagna in 2006 at age 21, when I worked in a restaurant in Bologna, the home of fresh pasta and bolognese sauce in Italy," Balestrieri told The Huffington Post Australia.

"My sole job every morning was to make fresh pasta for the lunchtime service that day, so from 6 a.m. until noon I would churn out fettucine, spaghetti, gnocchi and, of course, lasagna sheets."

You don't want humidity to mess with your pasta making, as the more humidity you have to play around with, the more flour you have to add and then the harder your pasta becomes.

To make the perfect lasagna sheets, Balestrieri has two top tips -- roll it thin and watch out for humidity.

"When I make lasagna for Joe's Bar now, I make it nice and thin and always roll the sheets to 2mm thin," he said.

"There is also the tip of making pasta on a sunny day. You don't want humidity to mess with your pasta making, as the more humidity you have to play around with, the more flour you have to add and then the harder your pasta becomes.

"This dish is definitely a favourite of mine and reminds me of home, as Sunday nights were always lasagna nights at my house growing up."

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Ragu

INGREDIENTS

1 medium onion

1 carrot

1 stick of celery

2 tbsp of olive oil

300g wagu mince

1kg crushed tomatoes

Salt and pepper

½ glass white wine

METHOD

1. Blend onion, carrot, celery and olive oil in a food processor or blender (if you do not have a blender, finely chop these ingredients instead). Sauté the vegetables in a thick bottomed pot on a high heat until golden.

Fresh pasta sheets

1. Using mixer: combine flour, eggs and salt and mix for five minutes. This recipe works best in a mixer with the hook attachment, but it's also possible to knead by hand.

2. By hand: make a mountain with the flour on a clean bench and form a dent in the centre. Place whisked eggs in the centre and combine the flour. Knead dough for five minutes. Allow dough to rest for 30 minutes.

3. Put a large pot of water to boil.

4. Press dough through a pasta machine until 2mm thick. Make sure your pasta sheets are dusted with flour and take care not to rush this process. Press the pasta through every level twice.

4. Cut pasta sheets to fit your lasagna tray. Boil sheets for two minutes only and refresh in cold water to stop the cooking process.

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The thinner the sheets, the better.

Napoli sauce

INGREDIENTS

1 onion

3 tbsp of olive oil

250g crushed tomatoes

Salt, to taste

Handful fresh basil

METHOD

1. Finely dice onion, then sauté onion in olive oil on a medium-low heat until fragrant.

2. Add crushed tomatoes and salt. Cook on a low heat for 30 minutes.

3. Adjust seasoning and finish with chopped basil.

Assembly

Layer your lasagna in the following order:

Fresh pasta sheets

Rich tomato sauce

Bolognese sauce

Mozzarella cheese

Parmesan cheese

Béchamel sauce

Tips

1. Béchamel sauce only goes on every second layer.
2. Do a minimum of five layers.
3. Top only with tomato sauce, as cheese tends to burn if placed on the top layer.
4. Bake in 180°C for 45 minutes and enjoy the layers of pasta heaven.